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University in UP fires guest lecturer over comments on Navratri fast and women

After learning about the controversial post, the university registrar took action against Gautam, noting in an office order that on September 29, students had complained via letter that Dr Mithilesh Kumar Gautam, a guest lecturer in the political science department, had posted some material on social media that was offensive to Hinduism.

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Updated Oct 1, 2022, 16:48 IST

Letter issued by the university.

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Varanasi: The Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapeeth administration fired a guest lecturer and forbade him from returning to the campus after he allegedly made a disparaging remark about women who fast during Navratra, ANI reported.

In a Hindi social media post, Dr Mithilesh Gautam stated that reading the Hindu Code Bill and the Indian Constitution should be preferable to fasting for nine days during Navratra for women and doing so would free them from their life of slavery. He also wrote “Jai Bheem” at the end of the post.

After learning about the post, Registrar Dr Sunita Pandey took action against Gautam, noting in an office order that on September 29, students had complained via letter that Dr Mithilesh Kumar Gautam, a guest lecturer in the political science department, had posted some material on social media that was offensive to Hinduism. Pandey attributed the behaviour to "widespread hatred" among students toward Gautam.

Pandey said that the university was dismissing the lecturer in response to the “university atmosphere getting vitiated and their examinations affected.”

The Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapeeth also banned Gautam’s entry into the campus, keeping in view the security of the place.

At the Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapith, political science professor Dr Mithilesh Kumar Gautam was teaching as a guest lecturer. For around two years, he had been at MGKV.

According to the suspension order issued by the university, they had received complaints from the students and said that the post made by him was not only causing resentment among the students but also affecting the admission and examination process.

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